Abstract Japan’s principal security interest in Southeast Asia is the safety and security of regional sea lanes. Over the past several years, Japan has expressed…
Country or Region: Southeast Asia
Abstract Against the backdrop of China’s growing assertiveness on sovereign and strategic interests in the South China Sea, territorial disputes in this resource-rich sea area…
Abstract This article examines issues concerning the South China Sea from a Japanese perspective. In contrast to its reticence and hesitant attitude in the 1990s,…
Abstract Currently, Japan is keen to reinforce security cooperation with ASEAN and its approach is both multi-layered and multi-dimensional, with its bilateral/multilateral activities becoming diverse.…
Abstract This paper explores the ASEAN Defense Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) and the ADMM Plus, focusing on ASEAN’s purpose to launch a meeting of defense ministers…
Abstract The situation in the South China Sea – where sovereignty and oil and natural gas interests are converging – creates a flashpoint with significant…
Summary In the midst of growing tensions with China, Japan is deepening its strategic engagement in Southeast Asia. Preserving stability in the South China Sea,…
Abstract This paper examines the manner through which the Philippine government has utilized free trade in pursuing its development-oriented national security policies and strategies in…
Abstract This article examines why and how small powers balance big powers. One such small power is the Philippines, which—despite its military weakness– applies a…
Summary Co-edited and introduced by Ashley J. Tellis, Strategic Asia 2015-16: Foundations of National Power in the Asia-Pacific examines how the region’s major powers are…
Abstract President Obama’s participation in the East Asia Summit (EAS) for a second consecutive year confirms the United States’ heightened attention to and engagement with…
Abstract Drawing lessons from a decade of partnership-building with India and Indonesia—Asia’s most populous democracies—this essay examines ways to deepen those partnerships and describes their…
Abstract The geopolitical game playing out in the South China Sea is becoming more complicated. China’s increasingly provocative actions are forcing regional players – from…
Abstract Ever since President Barack Obama pronounced himself as the first Pacific president of the United States in November 2009, Taiwan has closely watched the…
Abstract The United States’ rebalancing to Asia, initially depicted as a “pivot” to the Pacific, is less a swing away from the Middle East and…
